Power Boat Racing returns to Head Lake this weekend. /FILE DARREN LUM Staff 
It was ideal weather for more than 30 registered anglers at the derby HHOA Past President’s Kid’s Fish Derby on Wednesday, Aug. 16 at the Haliburton town docks. After more than 15 years, the event formerly known as HHOA Fishing Derby was on a four-year hiatus after resuming this year. This event, which awarded the derby winner with a trophy to take home and to have their name added to a larger trophy, was possible because of HHOA volunteering members. Every participant received a prize thanks to community partners Maple Hills Hunt Club and Outdoors Plus./DARREN LUM Staff 
The O’Pears band members Jill Harris, closest, and Meg Contini perform for an audience on Sunday, Aug. 20 at the Historic Logging Museum. The Toronto-based band was part of this year’s series of concerts The Forest Festival, as organized by the Haliburton Forest. After the festival did not run last year this year’s lineup included Buffy Sainte-Marie, Jimmy Rankin, and the Jim Cuddy Trio for the 10th anniversary./DARREN LUM Staff 
Volunteer Nancy Lowes, far right, accepts a donation from a family visiting the area from England during the 11th annual Haliburton Highlands Health Radiothon in the radio station’s studio on Thursday, Aug. 17 in Haliburton. Sponsored by Minden Subaru, the fundraising event was possible because of close to 20 volunteers and included on-air guests and food tasting. It was held from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Aug. 17 to 18 /DARREN LUM Staff 
Racers compete in one of 14 classes of racing at the Haliburton Outboard Powerboat Races on Sunday, Aug. 20 on Head Lake. The RPM sponsored event included 87 racers, who came as far as New York and Ohio for each day of the weekend competition, as part of the Toronto Outboard Racing Club’s season. /DARREN LUM Staff
A sample of photos taken for the Haliburton County Echo this past week.
